Quotes about Solitude
Let a slight snow come and cover the earth, and the tracks of men will show how little the woods and fields are frequented.
- Henry David Thoreau
Fishing has been styled 'a contemplative man's recreation,' ... and science is only a more contemplative man's recreation.
- Henry David Thoreau
What sort of space is that which separates a man from his fellows and makes him solitary?
- Henry David Thoreau
An early-morning walk is a blessing for the whole day.
- Henry David Thoreau
There is a need for aloneness... for an actor.
- Marilyn Monroe
Away, away, from men and towns, To the wild wood and the downs — To the silent wilderness Where the soul need not repress Its music lest it should not find An echo in another's mind.
- John Updike
Take long walks in stormy weather or through deep snows in the fields and woods, if you would keep your spirits up. Deal with brute nature. Be cold and hungry and weary.
- Henry David Thoreau
We need to find God, and he cannot be found in noise and restlessness. God is the friend of silence.
- Mother Teresa
The West of which I speak is but another name for the Wild, and what I have been preparing to say is, that in Wildness is the preservation of the World
- Henry David Thoreau
Believe one who has tried, you shall find a fuller satisfaction in the woods than in the books. The trees and the rocks will teach you that which you cannot hear from the masters.
- Bernard of Clairvaux
I guess it all depends on your nature. Some people can't stand being alone. I love solitude and silence. But when I come out of it, I'm a regular talking machine. It's all or nothing for me.
- Celine Dion
One has to be alone, under the sky, Before everything falls into place and one finds his or her own place in the midst of it all. We have to have the humility to realize ourselves as part of nature.
- Thomas Merton